My Generation: The Kinks

Record ID: 120024
  • Title: My Generation: The Kinks
  • Date: 28th March 1995
  • Summary: MY GENERATION IS A SERIES OF THREE PROGRAMMES WHICH ATTEMPTS TO RELIVE THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE OF THE SIXTIES THROUGH THE STORIES AND ANECDOTES OF THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE BANDS CHOSEN FOR THE SERIES. IN THE SECOND PROGRAMME THE KINKS ARE FEATURED - THEY EPITOMISED THE SCHIZOPHRENIA OF SIXTIES SUBURBAN LIFE. INFLUENTIAL HITS SUCH AS 'YOU REALLY GOT ME', 'DEAD END STREET', 'DEDICATD FOLLOWER OF FASHION' AND 'WATERLOO SUNSET', RANK AMONG THE GREAT ENGLISH POP SONGS OF ALL TIME. THE PROGRAMME INTERVIEWS MEMBERS OF THE BAND AS WELL AS EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM THE FIXERS AND FACES OF THE ERA.
  • Description:THE GREAT BANDS OF THE BEAT BOOM PROFILED AND ASSESSED. WE ALSO TALK TO THE SURVIVORS. FEATURING THE KINKS,THE ANIMALS AND THE TROGGS.
  • Broadcaster:Channel 4
  • Collection: Channel 4
  • Genre:Music
  • Producer:Granada Television Ltd.
  • Programme Episode:Episode 2
  • Transmission Date:28/03/1995
  • Rights:On Request
  • Decade: 1990s
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